HC Deb 15 November 1929 vol 231 c2407W
Mr. MANDER

asked the Secretary of State for War what subsidies were paid and for what purposes during the past year to civilians or civilian concerns for military reasons?

Mr. SHAW

Provision is made in the current Army Estimates for the payment of £30,000 to encourage the breeding of light horses of a type suitable for Army purposes and of £40,000 to owners of certain types of lorries to be available for purchase by the War Department in emergency.